The No Man's Land Beneath the Border Wall
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- Опубліковано 27 січ 2017
- There's a small stretch of soil north of the Rio Grande river that's still part of the United States, but exists below the Mexican border wall. The Atlantic went inside this no-man’s-land to uncover what life is like in a place that feels like not-quite America, but not-quite Mexico.
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No, the Democrats are the corruption problem! The wall will help along with 5000 new border control agents! The Democrats wanted a wall in 2006 and during the time Obama was the President but now they try and condemn Trump for during what they couldn’t do! I grew up in the Rio Grande Valley and I’m Hispanic and I have never seen the drug and human trafficking as bad as it is. We need the wall, period !!!!
@Turbo Charged How's that? The Border Patrol is notorious for having corrupt agents bought by cartels. It's not fake news just because you don't like it.
you should move to mexico
@Crozbyguy What do you mean, "in the movies"? Want me to dig up for you some easily found cases of Border Patrol corruption? Shit, the BP themselves keep tabs of the corruption problem within their ranks, you can find their statistics on their own fucking website. It's not like they can hide it.
Border patrol can’t catch illegals in the state of Cali
She says we dont need them but leaves water an soda for them,that is a very kind lady.
She is human...
Brian Rollins Soda is bad for you.
@@BabaBest2000 I dont drink soda
She's so kind
Mexicans love soda.
It's funny how they always play Spanish Flemenco music when referring to anything Mexican in these videos.
Agreed like gimme a "Ranchera"
Exactly! Good one. That's *one* of my cultural pet peeves.
What? A German Polka instead now?
@@onefatstratcat In the case of Texas that might be correct :)
@@BICHETO you have it better, nothing is worst than having them go to china or something and start playing nothing but Chinese music..
Thanks Atlantic for showing the world that some of the folks living in No Man's Land have a gate combination.
Damn these people be really having the gate code for the border fence. Man that's boss
I thought the same thing!
I'm assuming the code has changed since she was filmed entering it.
She has a gate code to an un finished fence. If you go back and look at the cut away it shows a section of fence at the entrance. There is nothing else on either side of it. About 500' and thats it. Keeps cars out, thats it. Ridiculousness the border has never been completed.
@@waltw918 She always has the code...Her land is on the other side of the "wall" but her land is still on American soil...
@@markymark6928 Or she could open a toll business lol
She’s against illegal immigration but she’s a decent human being... She puts out water and soda. Respect.
She shouldn't. Like others have said she is encouraging those people.
@Stephen Shelley She is rewarding illegal behavior. Could be considered an accomplice.
Wolf not really. I doubt illegals come for water.
They arent climbing the wall for her water, dipshit.
Wolf Sure people travel thousands of miles risking life and limb just to get to the cooler of “free water” in her backyard...
she said we don't need them, but she provides water, and soda, lol...too cute. atleast she has humanity.
shes a fucking traitor
23Fulani she its chargeing 8000 a piece
She said we don't need them talking about the wall
She is nuts
Yah, I agree.I also think that Madam is talking about the wall not the people. 😂😂😂
Now i have the password out of mexico!
They didnt show the first number but I saw the other 4 numbers its 5357
Daniel Samuzas
Lmao
Lol
Please
Intrada
I like how you showed her leaning on her personal chain linked fence, staring at the border fence she says she doesn't like.
Fred Frockenbusch Nothing wrong with fences
@@MTknitter22 Yes, the bigger the better... Trump has a BIGGER fence hahaha.
I love fences my family builds them
Could it be she has a fence for livestock?
that old lady's son in law really has a great sense of humor lol
The old lady at 5:09 literally showed the world the code to the border gate...😂
It doesn't matter bro. If you've been around the area you would know that there are gaps along the border wall. Hers has gaps.
It's hilarious to see a border patrol truck patrol a section of the fence that divides a neighborhood, when both sides are still on American soil.
It's 555
Who needs to know the code when ropes, ladders, and muscles are available? I didn't see any armed patrols.
@@julietfischer5056 Then get some Mexican pen pals and tell them the weak spots you trader communist.
@@JohnnyBGood11 Trader communist? Does that mean he's like a soviet merchant or something.
lol, they capture the keypad input on film and put it on youtube.
Been let into more than a couple of apartment complexes and gated neighborhoods by just hitting the keypad numbers with my fist.😂
Now I can get trew without climbing yes!!!!! 😂😂
George Perez through
It can be changed.
Best line ever "we live in a gated community!"
Thanks for your compliments how are you doing
She is a human puts water out for the people. She is a sweet lady.
Ever Cebrero I hope it’s not Arrowhead water. Bad after taste. I’ll take a soda pop tho!
She is a human who is encouraging law breakers, then complaining about it out if the other side of her two faced head
@Eric Leon you think those that have crossed before don't send word back as to who is sympathetic to them and offers support? This encourages more to come. By your account helping a bank robber get away is just being motherly. As far as bringing kids well that is just poor parenting
@Eric Leon I doubt that is true, but isn't a bad idea.
She said the 2nd is soda!
Guy with the golf course should build a motorcross track. 😂
HELL YEAH!
Fuggin A sweet idea!
Why are you comparing the border wall to prison bars? Most of the households in Europe have some sort of fencing around them lmao.
Most of the households in Mexico have high fences around them. They keep theur own kind out
@@rebeccareagh1752 True. I born in South America, the problem of South America is the people, very corrupt, primitive and evil. The rich live in luxurious houses in private neighborhoods, saying this there are excellent people also in South America that are unfortunately victims of the bad people.
Odyssey None of them are 30 feet high, though. Don’t tell rubbish.
no doubt, look at almost any wealthy home, there is some kind of fence, security, etc....
People don't understand USA is trying to protect USA.
They need build a proper fence. USA / Canada and USA / Mexico.
US citizens would have more job opportunities. If illegals will stay out.
And USA needs deport Asian, African, all others... Who are not us citizen.
US needs rid legal citizen clause.
If they think the border is scary or intimidating , take that bad boy down .. once the cartel members start using " your" yard as the new route with your little ones out there playing , you will wish for that wall again ! Right quick ..
They dont need to the govt helps them idiot
Lmao! The Cartel works hand in hand with the Government 🤣😂. They fly over the wall in private jets!! Smh the ignorance in 2019 of some people!! The actually believe this BS.
KustomautoShop theres plenty gaps for them sooooo
I actually love the thought of living in no man's land.
Constitutional Republic not a Democracy
What do conservative have against democracy? And what is the difference between a republic and a democracy?
Jeff.... In a Constitutional Republic the Constitution/BillOfRights is what protects our rights and should limit big gov..... In a Democracy 51% of the people impose thier will on the 49% even if they dont like it..... Problem is ppl dont even know what the Constitution/BillOfRights is.....
Yeppers ! 😋
@@Degan1000 Google it 😋
Republic vs democracy
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How many people did they talk to to get this handful that didn't like the wall ?
Bill Boze build the damn wall .fi they don't like it to bad .
pack up and move
@@susanstorey6160 Except they don't want to and the government has to buy their land off of them
@@susanstorey6160 it's a good idea. I think moving to canada is a good choice. No more Americans angry to her while she is a American citizens that are against illegal immigrants.
I love the irony when she was like “the fence makes me feel hurt looking at it” while leaning on her own fence lol wtf
Jeep_Recon_USA 1 yeah, the heck with the USA but her house has a fence Good grief
Jeep Recon, I was thinking the very same thing!
It is literally her personal fence that anyone could climb, there is a difference.
@martin J finally someone with logic!
Over the years I’ve the most disgusting comments, made by self centered Americans. When these snobs never lived in any third world countries, the selfish attitudes of “ we only think about ourselves “ is really shameful to be this narcissistic and sociopathic. I ask you where’s your humanity and compassion ?
You would be okay with slavery & segregation if it was made into law. Not every law is good or right
Some laws are humanly wrong
Watching videos like this and the only thing that amazes me is the amount of land people own.
We need to finish the wall...no holes, no pockets...completely finish it so it will work
How about we dont
Dude filed for bankruptcy to cancel all his debts he still got paid by the government
yeah, I know he got imminent domain money..
would still live there if I was him, they have not done nothing to it no body wants it.. I would if I was homeless or single
Speculation.
How would you feel if you lost everything due to somebody else's actions?
Oh well. Somebody has to suffer, huh.
Did you see his paychecks
He legally can own guns. I'd buy 100 for starters, and sell them to Autodefensas. No risk of CBP coming to MY side of the wall. :-)
That old lady can make millions of dollars by giving everybody the code to the gate 👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😊
Sorry i must be thick, the children are living next to the fence and this makes them suffer why? they live next to the Border not a concentration camp
flashpoint really the point is the children have to live in the shadow of the wall. Old sad sad sad. someone's always going to have to live in the shadow of the wall. It's a freaking wall
If your ball goes over the wall can you just call and ask Mexico for it back?
But separated from their parents & in cages.
It doesn't make them suffer, it makes them safer.
If they hate that wall so much why dont they just migrate to mexico. And go Far away from the border.
“why make them suffer through that symbol” *shows some happy kids*
😂😂
I'm trying to understand how having a fence like that makes kids suffer. If you live near a highway or a train track you likely have a similarly sized wall but its made out of solid concrete. It's there to block sound to keep sound out, how does putting a large fence in the back yard have any effect on a child's emotions and well being? My house has a 6 foot wooden gated fence around it.
omg how can they grow up with a fence in their yard lol most people have fenced in yards
My thoughts exactly. "What a horrible childhood" to live in a house with a fence guarding you! And they are freely and happily playing in the yard.🤔
Right, it's like pull the fence then you got illegals running across your yard with bundles of drugs. Biased video.
"like prison bars" - lol. Stop making everyone into a victim. ffs
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I agree man. Its sickening how they always gotta spin it ..
They live on the border of a "country" not a state or town. So of course there is going to be a border ...
They are not forced to stay there ...
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@@KustomautoShop you are forced if youre poor and have nowhere else to go. derp.
Its a fence at the end of a property showing you and your neighbor whats yours and there's, no different than a country's fence... Defend this great country as if its your back yard!
The whole point of the videos is that it's in the MIDDLE of their property, and the other side is still America, just more fucked. The great country cut their back yard in half and said you can't have any help on the other side.
Bob Obrien America it’s from there to Argentina
LOL :D :D :D
Did you even watch the video or are you really that dumb?
If they built a 50 foot high wall they will build a 51 foot tall ladder lol or they will dig a tunnel under it
Milspecmachine or use a plane like they do on the east coast
40% of all mexican illegals come to america by plane.
Ya ever hear of border patrol?
get some AA guns then and some howitzers and some slits in the wall to put blades or gun barrels through
Well we will stop them from coming this way and stop them when they step off plane!
Which cooler is beer?
LMAO!!!
More like Cerveza.....
its corona time foo
LOL
Beer, that is if you want them to work!
Thank you for showing us the untouched beauty of border’s towns. Great people with lots of love in their hearts. Now, build that Wall even taller and stronger to keep these people safe.
They must feel safe I did not hear even one complain about their safety
🤣🤣
Dang mr loop has his own gate to get pass the fence that the federal government built
"they just climb over" Truth. Then they just hand over a gate code to residents. Hilarious. Best of all? Walk 50 feet and go around the gate.
I like how that lady says “we dont need them” and leaves sodas and waters for them
Uki Y she thinks shes some sort of humanitarian, however, as soon as they illegally cross onto U.S. soil they are international criminals, and she is aiding and conspiring in a very serious federal crime, unless she can prove shes trying to put bait out to photograph skin walkers 😳
The illegals can get their drinks out of the coolers or do a home invasion to get their drinks. YOUR CHOICE.
Rusty Grill cross the border is a misdemeanor
@@rustygrill4612 chill out dude, if some one is thirsty you give them water if they are hungry you give them food it’s called being a human
she knows they steal her water if she doesn't...SIMPLE!😮😢
Gee, what about Mexico's southern border?
Uhh... oops.
Who gives a crap that's Mexico problem.
¿Why are you so "nacos"? I can teach you how to use Google Maps, it is not hard. Saludos 😉
@Steve There is no wall
I love how a man that can only speak Spanish is talking about problems with no man's land. 2:48 Beautiful, just amazing.
Just think how many would cross if there was NO WALL AT ALL?
theres not gonna be much of a diffrence
did you see those big GAPS with no wall at all? it dont make sense, we got 200 feet of wall then nothing on either side
@@aidedwarrior2413 its slows people, giving border patrol more time to react
pizer 1 hour
1:06, fascinating! This woman lives on the Texas/Mexico border and speaks with an old school Mid-Atlantic accent!
1:23: Union Jack. She’s British. Sounds like a bit of a Woolyback Lancashire twang. Reckon she’s from Warrington. She must have been there for years as she has developed a rather unfortunate ‘Murican drawl…
Yessss I am going there ....so beautiful and private
Thanks for your compliments how are you doing
Did u eventually move?
God bless you Grandma!!😎👍
Fence not working? How bout a wall.
Mexican food is delicious
@The United States of America cant tell if you're joking or not but if you aren't you are the reason the left looks at us like we are all idiot racists etc
Yessssssss
Innovation_ S wow, you are smart and worth a real discussion with.
@@dontquestionmyprofilepicpl2936 Hey, man - What's up with that profile pic? 😉
@@OrdinaryG33K-SF dont question it
I have never heard of or seen a fence or a wall that couldn't be scaled, unless it's electrified or patrolled by a huge number of guards, 24-7.
“If this one is not working, another one is not gonna be working” - wise old lady
Not just a “fence” a HUGE BEAUTIFUL WALL
If you live on the Mexican side of the fence, and don't like being on the south side of the fence, move to America!
This woman is Awesome Atleast she haves kindness in her Heart...❤
Elias 77 at the illegals can trade her for some drugs
Glad she sets out the water.
Bless her.
At the end they talk about how the fence shadow looks like prison bars. I just curious if it would help if we plugged the gaps. Like I have a fence in my back yard that is illegal to cross. It does not look like prison bars but if it did so what still does the same thing. Keeps (or tries to keep) Unwanted things out.
come on stop complaining border wall is to be respected, as the front door of your home!!
stop crying.
Thanks for sharing. Sad.
She's probably sick of being startled by an illegal, drinking out of her hose. And she leaves stuff out to avoid any unwanted confrontations.
yes a shadow on my yard. im suffering through life. smh
This is like the Neutral Zone as in The man in the high catle TV series.
Put a little electricity that fence what sensors are on it make it a little taller looks like an old fence to me
We need a 100 ft wall surrounding the entire country,
Charlie Bennett ...Like the Great Wall of China!!!
Give me a break!!! You should be thankful you don’t have criminals invading your property.
Wait tell the cartel is in your backyard... then you will think twice?
Is that what happened before the wall? Idiot
David James news flash buddy they are your neighbors
David James - feel sorry for these young kids ages 14 and 19 and they don't think about their grandchildren. Like come on?
hahahahaha...idiot
This lady is awesome!! May the universe protect her
The Ice Cream Truck is coming on Wednesday at 2 pm . That's the fuss ‼‼
Thanks for your compliments how are you doing
Will a wall work, obviously not in all situations, they will find ways to scale and overcome these obstacles. The wall would have to be more reinforced and larger, harder to scale without the aid of certain tools, however it may slow down and make it more difficult for those seeking to cross. It may deter some routes that were previously accessed, and incorporated with new patrolmen in certain higher trafficked areas it may be beneficial. It may be flawed and costly, but I believe overall it will impede their travel and help equip those guarding the borders.
I have the answer to the perfect wall. Stop their food stamps no free housing absolutely no jobs given to them nothing free and they’ll knock us all down trying to get back across that border. That’s all they come here for. Gets us our jobs and our housing back a win win I’d say
and dont forget they can always tunnel under it! It already exists.........
There is all ready tunnels under the fence. That's how they smuggle in stuff now. Not over fences or walls. LOL
wall? ladder.
A wall is not prison bars because prison bars surround you
I agree with a properly constructed wall, but isn't a border wall the same thing? If you think of the bigger picture, the whole country becomes a prison. Unless you are authorized, you can't get in or out. Only difference is the ceiling is "free standing." So you are given the illusion that you aren't in prison. Again, I support the wall if constructed properly. But, conceptually a prison is a prison. Even if the ceiling is free standing or open. If you can't come in or leave without authorization, you are still in a "prison." That non existent ceiling merely gives you hope of escape. (Metaphorically and conceptually of course.)
First time veiwer like and subcribe never knew about this these stories are like I want to see
Wow, beautiful artwork.
Old people are cool af
How is no mans land uninhabitable it has water food and other stuff
if its any thing like ww1 theres going to be a lot of blood bodies and bullets mexico would know what its like to storm the beach of normandy except that they will fail
Because of the scary Mexicans. Ooooooooo.
Bandits will steal all they can.
Send all the homeless there !
it isn't. they just want to scare people, shich is so very easy to do.
those kids at the end of the video: theyre not prison, bars... its a big beautiful fence that keeps them safe!... i wish i had a fence that tall around my property!
I should have known what I would consistently hear when I watched a The Atlantic video.
It is so sad to see a wall fence that high made out of steel representing so much failure from both countries. And what is yet to come.
Crazy, I live 4 miles from the wall and hunt birds right next to loop farms sitting on the river
What kind of bird doves quail just wondering.
One time my cat ate a robin alive on it's way back north from the southern border.
@@raegruder4626 it was code... Birds = Mexican children
Hmm, my backyard has a fence and for some reason I have never thought of the fence as prison bars. Where do we get these people - I am sure the idiot talking about prison walls/bars has a fence around his backyard to keep uninvited people out.
I love the eff you wall. I have a chain link and wooden fence in my yard.
To bad the native Americans didn’t think of one 😔
You could probably use something more effective like AI camera systems than a wall...itd also probably be cheaper
@johnny walker With razor wire?
Great documentary and kind woman.
So finish the wall and move it closer to the river?
So the No Man's Land essentially functions similar to the Neutral Zone in The Man in the High Castle.
What happened to Brownsville, nearly got replicated by the experience of another border town in California, Calexico. Fortunately, Mexicali, a Baja metropolis of nearly two million still sends a vastly diminished trickle of people across the border for trade, just enough to keep some commerce alive, but not at the boomtown levels Calexico experienced back in the 1960's and early 1970's before Nixon and the federal bureaucrats went insane, blockaded Baja's crown jewel border city, and slowed down commerce to a snail's pace. As a result, Calexico, once a booming town has seen commercial real estate plummet and owns a snail economy... The Calexico-Mexicali border is a case study of how to destroy a region's economy with a checkpoint that slows down traffic, and in 110 degree weather during the summer months, that's no picnic. Nothing like enacting laws whose devastating consequences faraway law makers will never suffer. Be well.
Just watch, this one will work !
I would like to know the # of eligals
That can run through that gate in 5 minutes??
Theres still good people out there .. 👏👏 thank you for the water Miss
its not a wall, its a fence
I love that lady for putting drinks out.
All those residents living there should drive boarder patrol vehicles and dress up.
good looking wall
How many would cross daily with no boarder at all!
About the same, most cross through legal ports of entry.
@@cemonder6665 Why would they be Republican voting if Republicans are the ones for the wall to make it harder for illegals to come here, and so fewer illegal workers to hire?
@@noonespecial1904 How sir do you know that, how does anyone know how many come thru where there are no barriers, or points of entry, That is like saying most the drugs come thru the port of entry, YEA... RIGHT, it is probably fripple times more that comes thru where there are no borders.... People are so gullible it is pathetic
Dee Boso
Sir, I’m just going by the statistics released by Border Patrol, the FBI and the findings of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Personally, I am not at the border, nor do I work in a field privy to such information.
I’m just going by information that has been released from our government for more than a decade.
Do we follow the word of numerous government entities or the findings of one man that has been proven to be dishonest in his personal and business lives?
@@noonespecial1904 how many undetected people cross the border every day?
the irony, of leaning on her own fence, and complaining about the other fence
Lovely towns.
Wow wow.....craziness...
Every man woman and child can climb a 10ft fence as long as they aren’t over 250 lbs.
However, a 30ft fence...
Even if it doesn’t stop 100% it will stop many. No more caravans. People will have to do things the proper way
How about a 31 foot ladder..wow that might work
You must be a trumpturd
Kenneth Lehman 😂😂😂😂
@@kennethlehman75 You must be a Millenial freeloader who is still living in a trailer park.
In Mexico they have just released the 32ft ladder and 36ft rope
you know that it is possible to build a tunnel under the wall or fence that could be miles long, and also there are many people overstating their visas, I just feel that the wall is a waste of money but it makes the current administration look like if they where doing something
So the pincode to america is 6257.
Hmmmm...
Will post an ad in the Mexico Paper $5.00 american money for the code for the gate to come into america each person can use it once has 5 minutes to enter once gate is open.. I could be making $1,000 a day out of my one bed room apartment doing that
Igo Wit 😂
the rest of America gets a say in this.
Build the wall.
I don't think they do. If you don't live on a border state you don't get it
Respect,respect,respect
I would not mind living there. Just would have a good fence around my house with flood lights, dogs, alarm systems If I could buy 10 acres with a water source and a nice house in the middle of no where works for me
Boots on the ground an hot lead in the air if necessary. The news will travel fast and the problem will be solved.
James Smith is preventing people from being in the US worth billions of dollars that could be spent reducing taxes, funding education, cleaning up the environment, or repairing infrastructure worth it?
James Smith so basically want war?
Thue Morse yes
Omg that dry delivery of the gated community joke is gold
Any idea track id for the first 30 seconds
The only difference between this fence and a highway is the car traffic. All this barrier needs is patrols to work right. It isnt like the border is a new concept. That land shouldnt have been alowed to be developed just like any flood plain or restricted zone. The feds should use eminent domain to buy out the people and complete the fence.
@jojofromtx the only reason any part of the wall isnt working is becsuse it isnt patroled. Not to mention some of the softhearted citizens may be letting people through the gates in residential areas. If you have just a wall of course it will be passed in some way.
@@Loganthered1 how about we take your property using eminent domain?
@@timmebruer5205 why would i be stupid enough to buy or build on a border or historic or natural flood plain?
@@Loganthered1 if that was your family's home and where you grew up you'd probably fight to keep it.
People like you are the problem in this world, you think of no one bit yourself.
Hope you have a shifty Christmas
HAPPY HOLIDAYS LOSER
@@timmebruer5205 lol. Its just a place. Neither the land or the house was the reason you liked it there. It was the people. You can have a great time in a flood plain. You still shouldnt build there.
why not put barbed wire on top of the fence?
That can be cut and people can still cross. The whole point is that a fence won't work at all
Are you sure I think I would take the word of a border patrol agent before a brainwash communist liberal ua-cam.com/video/KPmBLc7_aSE/v-deo.html&feature=share
@@michaelpreader4137 Typical Trump Follower, anyone that doesn't agree with Trump is automatically a communist
Betty Stewart you can cut it easily with pliers
I went to get work done in my car in no man's land. Very good work great
10 people it moved them themselves and their families up here and they were thanking me that they were doing so well maybe feel good when I was down there working late they treated me really good they really did
5:05 25257 is this classified information? ;p
Also tried tracking the first number, they didn't show it. I had it as 35257.
Yeah this documentary..."The border doesn't work"...proceeds to show the fcking pass code...
😂😂🤣🤣
They can change the code in one minute
Electric fence not enough to kill anyone just enough to make it impossible to climb
They should at least put barbed wire rings of the fence for now. I just hope we get the wall up
How about gravitic sensors all along the border with border teams positioned to timely apprehension using helicopters APC,C , planes , drones , .